SENATE, No. 1164

By Mr. Brown, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1164) of Scott P. Brown and Richard J. Ross for legislation relative to the powers and duties of the sheriff's department. Municipalities and Regional Government

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Five.

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 13 of chapter 37 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence:-

The County Sheriff’s Department’s powers and duties shall be limited to County owned property only.